"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"
"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"
Posted Feb 15, 2021 22:45 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)In reply to: "fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler" by sthibaul
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo
The difference is that building an interesting new hardware platform is inherently a major undertaking, and it's only going to be done by an organization with substantial resources. That includes the resources to port all the significant languages to work with their new platform. Being able to do that is more or less required for a new platform to be interesting. A platform that can't run the languages people care about isn't very interesting.
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